Recombination hotspots in bacteriophage T4 are dependent on replication origins.

doi:10.1073/pnas.88.14.6043

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Recombination hotspots in bacteriophage T4 are dependent on replication origins.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jul 1991

Yap W Y, Kreuzer K N

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Bacteriophage T4 recombination "hotspots" were first detected by the rescue of genetic markers from UV-irradiated phage particles. These hotspots have since been detected following treatments that yield other forms of DNA damage, and at least one is active in the absence of damage. The previous m...

Topics

DNA Replication
Escherichia coli
Genes, Viral
Mutation
Rec A Recombinases
Recombination, Genetic
T-Phages

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